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UW-Whitewater Speech Bowl
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Wisconsin. View manager contact information 
SCHEDULE
7:45am Registration opens, University Center, Lobby
8:15am Judges Meeting, University Center, Hamilton Room
8:30am Extemp/Radio draw begins. Hyland Hall, 2nd floor in the Anchor Bank Lecture Hall
9:00am Round 1
9:45am Extemp/Radio draw.
10:15am Round 2
11:00am Extemp/Radio draw.
11:30am Round 3
11:30am Preordered Boxed Lunches Available at the UC; judges buffet available at 11:45am
ASAP Postings, University Center Ballroom, 2nd floor
ASAP Finals, Hyland Hall & University Center (all judges on standby)
ASAP Awards, Irving L. Young Auditorium
CHECK-IN On tournament day, please confirm no later than 7:00am (or your earliest possible chance; prior to this is even better) by texting 608-780-4637. Checking in via text on tournament day is essential for a smooth start to the tournament. In the text, please note the team name, event and name of the student dropping.
PAYMENT Please make checks payable to "UW-Whitewater Forensics". Checks processed after the tournament can be mailed to UW-Whitewater, c/o Jim Disrude Heide Hall 402, 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190.
BUS DROPOFF, PICKUP, BUS PARKING All buses must drop off in Lot 14 at the intersection of Prairie Street and Starin Rd. Enter Lot 14 on Starin Road. Exit Lot 14 onto Prairie Street. Bus pick-up is Lot 2 on Prince Street next to the Irving L. Young Auditorium (the site of awards). During the day, all lots are open for parking. On Speechwire, please download the document for bus drivers, including maps, GPS addresses, etc. and share this with your driver.
GENERAL PARKING All campus lots are open during the tournament. Cars can park in any lot without penalty (do not add money to meters). We suggest parking in Lot 7 on Starin Road behind the Visitors Center (small building with a blue roof). A GPS address for this lot is 809 W. Starin Rd, Whitewater.
HELPFUL LINKS UW-Whitewater: http://www.uww.edu UW-Whitewater Campus Map: http://www.uww.edu/Campus/ UW-Whitewater Forensics: http://www.facebook.com/whitewaterforensics Team Twitter: @uwwforensics
JUDGES LOUNGE The lounge, open to all judges, coaches, and bus drivers, are located in the University Center Hamilton Room. Beverages will be available in the lounge, but due to campus catering policies, we cannot offer a free lunch to judges. Please plan accordingly. For food options, please see the Food heading later in the invitation. DEADLINES Please register via Speechwire.com no later than 4pm, Monday, February 22nd. A registration confirmation will be emailed out after registration closes. Coaches can also view their own up-to-the minute fees on Speechwire.com.
REGISTRATION CHANGES Teams can and should manage their own adds, drops, and name changes on Speechwire.com until noon, Friday, February 26th. After that point on Friday, email your drops immediately to forensics@uww.edu at your earliest chance. There is no penalty for drops received by noon, February 26th. Entries dropped after that time will still be charged. Day of tournament drops are strongly discouraged and may impact the start time and/or the equal balance of entries across sections. Please share this information with your students and judges. For Saturday drops, see the next item.
RULES In years past, our tournament has been attended by an even mix of schools from both major Wisconsin associations, as well as Illinois schools. Speech Bowl will employ the most current WFCA Handbook Rules with modifications: (Allowance of one 4x6 notecard in Oratory; Solo acting and OIL are a maximum of 10 minutes, but 8-minute performances will not be penalized; Solo Actors will be allowed to use a chair.) WHSFA and IHSA teams are sincerely welcome and strongly encouraged to attend.
CONTACT INFORMATION Direct all correspondence to Jim Disrude, forensics@uww.edu.
EVENTS Demonstration, Duo, Extemp, Farrago, Four-Min, Group Interp, Moments, Impromptu, Oral Interp, Oratory, Play acting, Poetry, Prose, Radio, Solo-Serious, Solo-Humorous, Special Occasion, Storytelling. *Note, impromptu will be run as a regular event, not as a consolation event. Public Address and Group Discussion will not be offered.
BUILDINGS We use several academic buildings all in the same area of campus. Each building will have "ballot drops to help our judges! We will also do our best to schedule judges in the same building throughout the day.
ENTRIES The tournament is limited to a maximum of 700 entries. Entries are first come, first serve. A school’s top 25 scoring entries will count toward Team Sweepstakes awards. A school's top four entries in an event will count toward Team Sweepstakes but more than four entries per event are welcome. Double entries are allowed. Students in Radio, Extemp, and Impromptu are allowed to double enter, but students in Radio and Extemp should compete in those respective events first in a given round. A student cannot double enter in both radio and extemp, but can double enter with radio and impromptu, or extemp and impromptu.
ENTRY FEES Individual Entries: 9.00; Playacting, Duo, Group Interp 12.00
JUDGES Each school is required to supply one trusted judge for every five entries, or portion thereof. For example, fifteen entries require three judges. Sixteen entries require four judges. Uncovered entries will be charged an additional 10.00 per entry. For example, two uncovered entries will be charged 20.00. This is an alternative to a flat hired judge fee and it should save your team some money. No team can enter more than 15 judges. If a team needs more than 15 judges to cover entries, provided judges are available for hire for $75/judge. If a team drops a judge after 7am on tournament day, the team will need to immediately hire a replacement judge provided by the tournament for $100 and payment is due at registration.
TOURNAMENT TIEBREAKERS
Prelims: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Reciprocal, 3) Head-to-head (2-way tie only), 4) Most 1 ranks
Finals: 1) Cumulative rank, 2) Judges Preference
Team Sweepstakes: 1) Total points or Points Per Entry (depending on division), 2) Total points or Points Per Entry (the opposite rule as applied to the first), 3), Number of first-place winners in finals, second-place, etc.
AWARDS Individual awards will be presented to all final round participants. Team sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to the top scoring schools overall in each division. Division size will be determined after registration closes based on the dynamics of team entries.
FOOD The tournament has arranged two lunch options available for advanced purchase only:
Lunch orders must be received via Speechwire, by 4:00pm, Monday, February 22nd. Unfortunately, changes or additions cannot be made to the lunch order after that date/time because the catering order is locked in with campus catering. At registration, your team's registration packet will include lunch tickets for their respective order, if any. Teams will receive a separate invoice for lunch and registration costs, since not all teams will want to submit lunch invoices for reimbursement. Doing lunch on your own? You’re welcome to. If your team is bringing lunches, please eat lunches at the University Center. There are no off-campus dining options within walking distance. We strongly encourage teams to stay on campus during the day. Due to University dining contracts, we cannot offer concessions at the tournament, therefore, lunches can only be ordered in advance.
SPECIAL ACCOMODATIONS If you have a student or judge who needs special accommodations, please let us know in advance by emailing forensics@uww.edu. We can then make adjustments accordingly.
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